CANELLA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CANELLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANELLA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANELLA is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANELLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
canellasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CANELLA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CANELLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does CANELLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A West Indian tree whose aromatic, cinnamon-like inner bark is used as a spice and tonic.
The bark of the canella tree, dried and ground, gives a mild peppery spice. The tree also lends its name to a small botanical family found in the Caribbean and Africa.
How CANELLA is used
Mostly seen in botanical and pharmacy writing.
- Old recipes list canella among the warming spices.
- The pharmacist stocked ground canella bark.
- A canella tree grew near the edge of the plantation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANELLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CANELLA
1 longer words begin with CANELLA.
Shorter words from the letters in CANELLA
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Common questions about CANELLA
- Is CANELLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANELLA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANELLA worth?
- CANELLA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANELLA mean?
- A West Indian tree whose aromatic, cinnamon-like inner bark is used as a spice and tonic.
- What letters can be added to CANELLA?
- CANELLA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CANELLA:
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